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- Jan 1, 2013
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- 33
- Motherboard
- HP 4530s 10.8.2, Win 7, Ubuntu 12.10
- CPU
- intel i3 m2350 - 16Gb
- Graphics
- intel 3000
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
I have an hp 4530s which I've been trying to setup as triple boot. I had ML and Win7 installed and working. I can't seem to install ubuntu correctly. After six attempts I have trashed my Windows partition and the boot block so I can't update anything. The install seems to trash the partition I'm installing to and the swap partition. I now have over a dozen partitions on the drive that ubuntu has created, several that are 0mb and others that are now unusable. In short my drive is hosed!
I know I will have to reformat and start all over. As you all know, this is not a short process, and frankly I don't have the time to dance around this merry-go-round several more times to get this working, is ever. This whole experience is not what I had expected, and I'm afraid after another failure round, I will just install Windows 7 back on the bastard and get on with my life. I expected this to take a day, I'm now a week into this and I've got nothing...
Can someone explain why Ubuntu trashed my drive. I've installed Ubuntu on several stand alone drives and never had a problem. I expected Ubuntu to be the easiest of the three to install and setup. Instead it has trashed what I had. I'm thinking of installing Ubuntu first, so I don't loose my other installs. Is that a good idea? I'm about ready to take this POS to the shooting range...
I know I will have to reformat and start all over. As you all know, this is not a short process, and frankly I don't have the time to dance around this merry-go-round several more times to get this working, is ever. This whole experience is not what I had expected, and I'm afraid after another failure round, I will just install Windows 7 back on the bastard and get on with my life. I expected this to take a day, I'm now a week into this and I've got nothing...
Can someone explain why Ubuntu trashed my drive. I've installed Ubuntu on several stand alone drives and never had a problem. I expected Ubuntu to be the easiest of the three to install and setup. Instead it has trashed what I had. I'm thinking of installing Ubuntu first, so I don't loose my other installs. Is that a good idea? I'm about ready to take this POS to the shooting range...